A summary of a year long evaluation of the participants in the 1962-63 Municipal Cooperative Education Program (MCEP) is presented. The MCEP is a work-study program for high school students in New York City which affords participants an opportunity to engage in vocational experimentation under structured and supervised conditions while continuing…

Summarizes the findings of a 1981 national survey of top news executives to determine their willingness to cooperate in work-study programs, internships, teleconferences, and summer workshops for faculty members. (HOD)

Describes a study in which a survey was completed by high school seniors to assess the impact of working on their academic achievement. The results suggest that some students find it difficult to balance work and school. Implications for school counselors are also given. (CH)

This book presents five case studies on the development of post-secondary engineering education in Canada, Japan, Venezuela, Pakistan, and Scotland. An introduction to the case studies take a long, historical and sociological look at the development of technical education and in particular reviews the industrial revolution and education, and the…

Presented is a curriculum guide for educable mentally retarded secondary school students in Georgia which features functional academics, physical development, social skills, and prevocational and vocational skills. Included are a work-study schedule for five levels (freshman through graduate), an explanation of school and work station sites,…

Findings and recommendations of the College Scholarship Service (CSS) Student Advisory Committee following a series of hearings conducted in seven states with the cosponsorship of the National Student Educational Fund and various state student organizations are presented. The report articulates and documents some of the problems that students…

UK higher education institutions are now expected to be able to demonstrate that they are adhering to the Code of Practice for the Assurance of Academic Quality and Standards in Higher Education in Placement Learning. The responsibility for ensuring that a placement provides an adequate opportunity for its intended learning outcomes rests with the…

This analysis studied combinations of different types and sources of undergraduate financial aid, called packages, and showed the percentage of undergraduates receiving these packages and the average amount awarded in each types of package. The 1989-90 National Postsecondary Student Aid Study (NPSAS:90) provided the data used for the study.…

Since 1986, the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) has collected information from 11th-grade students about their employment activities. Out of the 29,000 students asked about work in the 1986 assessment, 54% reported working some amount of time each week, and over 28% reported working more than 15 hours per week. Thus, of 2.9…

This document summarizes the positions of interested parties on the extension and amendment of Title IV of the Higher Education Act. Charts compare legislative recommendations for the major student aid programs administered by the Office of Education, which now represent an investment of more than $2 billion in Federal resources. These programs…

College of the Mainland (COM) has supported a cooperative education program for business majors since 1969. This program is a one-, two-, or three-semester plan that offers a student work in the community during his studies at COM. Each of the three co-op courses offers four hours credit for exploratory, career preparatory, or career retraining or…

The major driving forces of change in undergraduate student financing during the 1990s were tuition increases and the broader availability of federal student loans. This report uses data from four National Postsecondary Student Aid Studies (NPSAS) to look at changes in financial aid to students in four types of institutions: public 2-year; public…

Describes a student-run radio station within the Cuban Victoria de Giron (VDG) educational system. VDG is an agricultural work-study program for secondary vocational and pre-university students. Using circles of interest, primary and secondary students are brought together for training in broadcasting skills. (AM)

Traditional Masters of Social Work (MSW) students versus extended MSW degree students who took a combination part-time/full-time work-study arrangement were compared. Comparisons were made on a variety of self-inventories, measuring attributes of personality, values and initial helping skills. (Author/MLW)

A Central Missouri State University study of the effects of part-time employment on first-year grade point averages, credits earned, and second-semester retention found no significant differences between students employed in work-study or regular employment, or not employed. Implications for counseling and evaluating financial aid packages are…